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5V self igniting coils
DIY Si - 26/5/12 at 05:18 PM

Evening all, hope you're all enjoying the sun!

I'm getting together the components for my Megasquirt install, and have a MS3 V3.0 with MS3X on it's way from DIYAutotune. Whilst it's in transit, I'm looking at coils/coil packs and how to trigger them. I'm currently looking at self igniting coils that the MS3 can trigger directly. Does anyone know of any conveniently priced ones that might fit the Mazda V6?

I'm finding it hard to distinguish the self igniting from those that aren't, and need to be sure before I order some and get the wrong ones! It won't matter if they aren't self igniting, but I'll need to upgrade the coil drivers to suit, so what are you guys using? I'm looking to use fully sequential ignition for this, as I'm feeling brave and want to do all this really well and make it look as stock an install as I can, and smaller 12V wires are easier to hide than spark leads are!


Any hints/tips welcome boys and girls!


Having just had a look round Ebay, are the Audi coil packs any good? There seems to be loads available and at a reasonable price as I need 6.


[Edited on 26/5/12 by DIY Si]


SPYDER - 26/5/12 at 10:41 PM

I used KAWASAKI ZX6 Nippondenso coil on plug units on my 3SGE install together with a V3 MS with four spark outputs. I measured the distance from the engines top face down to the plug cap then visited my local bike breakers. Loads to choose from. I paid £30 for a set of four.

Geoff